Lot n° 1113

Plantin Press - FLAMINIUS, M. Antonius - De rebus divinis carmina ad Margaritam Henrici Gallorum regis sororem [and: In librum Psalmorum brevis explanatio ad Alexandrum Farnesium Cardinalem]. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1558

Estimation : 600 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
16mo, cont. gilt calf (worn), spine rebacked with vellum (split), gilt gauffered edges, fore-edge titled, 2 parts, 365-[3], [24] ff. (due to an error of the original binder quire "A" of "Explanatio" was replaced by a 2nd copy of quire "a" of "Carmina"; paper age-toned, some dampstaining). Good copy. Extr. rare and very early Plantin imprint, with his first printer’s marks (woodcut). It consists of an extensive commentary on Psalms and of a collection of religious poems by the Italian poet M.A. Flaminio (1498-1550). Old ownership entries.
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